人教八年级上册一二单元阅读理解和七选五专项练习(无答案)-文档资料

八年级英语（上）Units1-2专项训练（二）

一、阅读理解（60）。A篇

Mark Twain，the famous American writer, liked to play jokes（玩笑）on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited (被邀请) to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man , one of his friends. The young man said that he has an uncle with him. He told Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.

“You bring your uncle to my talk tonight, ”said Mark Twain. “I’m sure I can make him laugh. ”That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh. But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories，but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed (失望的).

Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened. “Oh,”said his friend. “I know that old man. He’s been deaf (聋) for years.”

（）1. Mark Twain liked to play jokes on______ A. himself B. others C. old men D. Americans

（）2. One day Mark Twain met______at lunch.

A. a friend

B. a young man’s uncle

C. a young girl

D. a deaf

（）3. The young man told Mark Twain that his uncle never__ A. spoke B. talked C. laughed D. ate （）4. The young man and his uncle sat ______that evening.

A. at home

B. near the door

C. at the back

D. in the front

（）5. Mark Twain stopped telling stories at last because he was____A. thirsty B. tired C. angry D. sleepy B篇Mr. White works in an office. He is very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife （妻子）often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after dinner. She doesn’t stop talking until （直到）she falls asleep (入睡). But it’s usually too late and Mr. White has to get up early in the morning when she is still sleeping.

One day Mr. White felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. Mrs. White went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, the woman told the doctor all. The doctor wrote out a prescription (处方). When Mrs. White took the medicine(药) to the doctor’s room, the doctor said to her, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband （丈夫）and the pills (药片) are for you.”“For me?” the woman said in surprise. “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”

“I don’t think so, madam,”said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will be all right soon if you take them.(如果你服用他们，不久你丈夫就好了)”

( ) 6. Mr. White ___. A. has time to have a good sleep B. is busy but he can have a good sleep C. isn’t tired and doesn’t like to go to bed early D. can’t have a good rest because he’s too busy ( ) 7. Mr. White’s wife _____ every evening.

A. works late

B. writes things

C. keeps talking late

D. watches TV late

( ) 8. Mr. White has to get up when his wife is sleeping in the morning because_____________.

A. he can’t fall asleep

B. he has to go to work

C. he doesn’t want to sleep

D. his wife asks him to get up

( ) 9. One day Mr. White couldn’t go to work because ______.

A. he was ill

B. his wife was ill

C. his wife didn’t let him go

D. he didn’t want to go to work ( ) 10. The sentence “Your husband will be all right soon if you take them.” Means(意思是) Mr. White will soon be all right if ______. A. Mr. White takes the pills B. Mr. White takes the bottle of medicine C. Mrs. White takes the bottle of medicine D. Mrs. White stops talking too much at night C篇The date was like any other day in his life. After school David walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a new pair for his birthday.

He sadly walked away and thought of how to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked worried and he didn’t want to make his mother worry about it. So he went to the park and there he sat on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheel chair. He found that the girl moved the wheels with her hands. David looked at her caref ully and was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down at his own feet. “It is much better to be without shoes than without feet.” It was not right for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was luckier in life.

( ) 11.David was so sorry that ___A. he walked past the shoe shop. B. he forgot bring any money with him.C. his mother couldn’t buy him a pair of shoes. D. the shoes in the shop were not the right size for him. ( ) 12. From the story we know tha t _______. A. David’s mother has much money. B. David’s mother wouldn’t buy him anything. C. David’s mother was a kind-hearted woman. D. David’s mother often bought presents for David’s birthday.

( ) 13. David didn’t go home at once ________. A. because his mother was at work. B. because he wanted to sit on the grass in the park. C. because his mother wouldn’t give him any money. D. because he didn’t want to give his mother any trouble.

( ) 14. In the park, David saw a girl________.

A. without feet.

B. without hands.

C. walking slowly.

D. looking down at his shoes.

( ) 15. At last David ________. A. left the park sadly. B. decided to buy a new pair of shoes.

C. didn’t know what to do with his old shoes.

D. thought he’s more lucky than the girl in the wheelchair. D篇Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips. Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia. ( ) 16. Italians like to eat ________. A. dumplings B. pizza C. hot food D. fish

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